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The federal government created a program to help people pay for rent, security deposits, utility bills, and overall prevent evictions. Lexington County South Carolina was allocated almost $600,000 in federal government grants as part of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP).
The main goal of the HPRP program is to provide homeless prevention assistance to households. This housing aid is offered in the form of rent help. The program is aimed at those people who would otherwise become homeless without housing assistance. Many people are struggling due to the economic crisis and need some short term help to stay current on their rent. The HPRP program will also provide assistance to rapidly rehouse persons who are currently homeless.
One thing that is widely recognized is that it is less expensive for the government to prevent evictions and keep people in their homes than it is to rehouse a homeless family. So funds are targeted towards those families and individuals who are currently in an apartment or stable housing but are at risk of being evicted and becoming homeless. The rent assistance program will pay for temporary rent or utility bill assistance to prevent people from being homeless. Or applicants can receive assistance to move to another, less expensive unit.
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While various charities and non-profit firms in the Lexington area will be administering the program, you should contact the Aiken/Barnwell/Lexington Community Action Commission, Inc. to learn where to apply, and to get more information on the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. Call the agency at (803) 648-6836.
This is another service that is administered by the Aiken/Barnwell/Lexington Community Action Commission, Inc. This program will provide families with free energy conserving upgrades to their home and will in effect reduce their summer air conditioning bills and overall energy costs.
The weatherization program can help people low their energy bills by up to several hundred dollars per year. Contractors will visit the home and perform an audit. Depending on their findings, they can install additional insulation, replace windows, add caulking, seal drafts in the home, tune up heating and air conditioning units, and much more.
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